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Cem Yıldırım

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Cem Yalçın Yıldırım
Born (1961-07-08) July 8, 1961 (age 63)
NationalityTurkish
CitizenshipRepublic of Turkey
Alma materMiddle East Technical University (BSc, 1982)
University of Toronto (PhD, 1990)
AwardsCole Prize (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBilkent University
Boğaziçi University
Doctoral advisorJohn Friedlander
Websitemath.boun.edu.tr/../yildirim.htm

Cem Yalçın Yıldırım (born 8 July 1961)[1] is a Turkish mathematician who specializes in number theory.

Education

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Yıldırım obtained his B.Sc from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey and his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1990.[2] His advisor was John Friedlander. He is currently a faculty member at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Research

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In 2009, Dan Goldston, János Pintz, and Yıldırım proved that for any positive number ε there exist primes p and p′ such that the difference between p and p′ is smaller than ε log p.[3] This result was originally reported in 2003 by Goldston and Yıldırım but was later retracted.[4][5] Then Janos Pintz joined the team and they completed the proof in 2005 and developed the so called GPY sieve.

See also

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References

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  • "Cole Prize in Number Theory". American Mathematical Society. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  1. ^ VIAF
  2. ^ "Cem Yalçın Yıldırım". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  3. ^ Goldston, Daniel A.; Pintz, János; Yıldırım, Cem Y. (2009). "Primes in tuples. I". Annals of Mathematics. Second Series. 170 (2): 819–862. arXiv:math/0508185. doi:10.4007/annals.2009.170.819. MR 2552109. S2CID 1994756.
  4. ^ "Bounded gaps between primes | American Inst. Of Mathematics".
  5. ^ "Residueerror". Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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